Any exhibitor who shall exhibit or permit the exhibition of any mechanical amusement device without first having obtained a license and registration therefor and paying the fees herein required, or any person who shall exhibit or permit to be exhibited any mechanical amusement device for which a license and registration has not been first obtained, or any person who shall exhibit or operate such machine or device or who shall permit the same to be exhibited or operated for gambling, or any person who shall violate this chapter or any rule or regulation of the Mayor established and adopted hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first offense, and for a second or subsequent such offense shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both, as the court hearing the case may, in its discretion, determine. No person shall be charged with a second or subsequent offense unless such fact is set forth in the affidavit charging such second or subsequent offense. However, in addition to and independent of such fine for a first offense, or such fine and imprisonment for a second or subsequent offense, such person, so convicted, is thereby subject to having his license and registration suspended or revoked by the Mayor. Any person who shall swear falsely in any affidavit required to be made under the terms of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties as provided therefor by the statutes of the State.
(Ord. 33-53. Passed 6-8-53. )
(Ord. 33-53. Passed 6-8-53. )